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Maarten Vink
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all about citizenship | 🇳🇱 prof @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social 🇮🇹 🇪🇺 co-director @globalcit.bsky.social 🌏 | resident of Braga 🇵🇹 | https://eui.eu/people?id=maarten-vink | #MigCitSky | https://go.bsky.app/5vLDGon | 🚲 cyclist in Florence ⚜️ .. more

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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · Nov 13
Good morning and blue skies over Villa Schifanoia!

Welcome to everyone new on BlueSky and 🙏 for following me.

Short intro: I am a 🇳🇱 prof at the #EUI 🇪🇺 based at a beautiful campus in the hills outside Florence 🇮🇹. I am a #polsky by training and interested in all about #citizenship #migcitsky.

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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 4h
Actually, we know surprisingly little about the political experience and identification of the Dutch diaspora (literature suggestions welcome!).

For the practical issues that concern the Dutch diaspora, see eg SNBN (not on BlueSky?): www.nederlandersbuitennederland.nl/post/nieuwsb...
Nieuwsbrief 12 oktober: Wat vinden de politieke partijen van onze thema's?
De verkiezingen komen eraan, interview dubbele nationaliteit en een oproep wedertoelating
www.nederlandersbuitennederland.nl

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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 4h
Agree voting from abroad likely a function of time since emigration & return intention. In my own case, I stopped working in the Netherlands only a few years ago and still feel connected (and have built up pension entitlements, among others). But this sense of connection may change over time.

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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 6h
*minor correction*
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
Trump also seems to forget he was president on J6.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
Trump also seems to forget he was president on J6.
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 6h
Ah interesting to know the number of registered voters has increased to 135k. Curious to see how many will vote.

And yes, I also just bumped into the CBS stats on citizens abroad. Seems I wasn’t too far off with my 1M guesstimate 😉
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 6h
I searched around a bit and according to @cbsstatistiek.bsky.social there are around 900k Dutch citizens residing outside the Netherlands, according to the non-resident register (yes, we also have a register on that 😉)

This should be lower bound estimate of actual number

www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/maatwe...
Nederlanders in het buitenland, 1 juli 2025
Deze publicatie bevat Nederlanders die in het buitenland woonachtig zijn per 1 juli 2025
www.cbs.nl
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 6h
Indeed, though not sure that is the most surprising. Given that registration is automatically renewed each election, 65% turnout doesn’t seem so low. But only 107k citizens abroad registered to vote does seem very low. We don’t know how many Dutch abroad, but would think at least a million…
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 6h
I received my voting envelope in Portugal 🇵🇹 but once I received the ballot by email sent it all off from Italy 🇮🇹

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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 7h
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 7h
Want to know more about migrant voting?

Join upcoming @globalcit.bsky.social webinar on migrant electoral rights: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Migrant electoral rights
Join this webinar to explore the most comprehensive dataset on migrant voting and candidacy rights worldwide, covering 165 countries from 1960 to 2020.
www.eui.eu
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 7h
See here results of 2023 elections: www.kiesraad.nl/actueel/nieu...
Kiesraad stelt uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 22 november 2023 vast
De Kiesraad stelde op 1 december en 4 december 2023 de officiële uitslag van de Tweede Kamerverkiezing vast. Het opkomstpercentage was 77,7%. Van de 13.473.750 kiesgerechtigden brachten 10.475.203 hun...
www.kiesraad.nl
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 7h
I just sent off my voting ballot for the upcoming general elections in the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

Did you know that while there must be 100 thousands of Dutch citizens abroad, surprisingly few of those are voting. In the 2023 elections, about 70k of us voted from abroad. That’s one (1!) seat in parliament.
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 1d
Relevant development but this is crucial:

The rest of the new citizenship law, a signature achievement of previous gov, will remain intact despite conservative pledges to undo innovations such as dual citizenship and cut in the waiting period from 8 years to 5.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Germany ends fast-track citizenship as mood on migration shifts
Friedrich Merz’s conservatives had pledged to rescind legislation, which allowed citizenship in three years instead of five
www.theguardian.com
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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 2d
The Nobel verdict! 💯🤣
A political cartoon shows a man resembling Donald Trump being spat on by the image of Alfred Nobel from a Nobel Prize medal. The man squints and grimaces as the liquid hits his face. The medal is bright gold, and Trump is dressed in a blue suit with a red tie. The artist’s signature, “Nico Cornill,” and social media handles appear at the bottom right.
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 2d
Time to admire Ferdinand Hodler landscapes and portraits at the spectacular Kunsthaus Zürich.
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Klaudia Wegschaider @wegschaider.bsky.social · 2d
🚨 New Working Paper with R.Bauböck + @sumpierrez.bsky.social

We introduce the concept of incongruent suffrage.

This describes when there are voting rights but no candidacy rights for a group. Or vice versa.

The paper includes descriptive data & exploratory case studies.

doi.org/10.33774/aps...
Title: Incongruent Suffrage Authors: Klaudia Wegschaider, Rainer Bauböck, Sebastián Umpierrez de Reguero Abstract: Candidacy rights and voting rights are not always congruent. Although voting rights are extensively studied, historical and contemporary incongruencies in suffrage have been widely overlooked. We propose a typology of suffrage incongruency that we apply to the enfranchisement of non-citizen residents and non-resident citizens—two categories recently at the center of enfranchisement scholarship and reform efforts. Using an original dataset that covers 165 countries and 61 years (1960-2020), we identify past and present voting-only incongruencies and candidacy-only incongruencies. Existing theories of suffrage extension focus on the voteshare maximizing logic of incumbents. However, these explanations cannot account for why only one part of suffrage is extended. With two exploratory case studies of Switzerland and the United Kingdom, we inductively arrive at potential explanations for why voting-only and candidacy-only incongruencies arise and resolve in democracies. We conclude with a research agenda on the causes and consequences of suffrage incongruencies.
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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 2d
Working on a dissertation in American political behavior and need money for survey research? Apply for a grant worth up to $15,000 from the Rapoport Family Foundation. They’re planning on awarding up to 15 grants this cycle.

Deadline Oct. 22.

www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrant
Rapoport Doctoral Dissertation Grants
Supporting projects for PhD students doing political science research, democracy and social justice.
www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 3d
Many thanks to all colleagues @ciseth.bsky.social for a lively discussion, excellent comments and a great trip to Zurich!

cis.ethz.ch/details.how-...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 3d
In the big picture, I think this is a reasonable compromise, keeping the main elements of the 2024 “modernization“ reform in tact.
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 3d
Citizenship in the News 📰 🇩🇪

German parliament votes to get rid of fast-track citizenship: Friedrich Merz’s conservatives had pledged to rescind legislation, which allowed citizenship in three years instead of five

🔗 www.dw.com/en/german-pa...
German parliament votes to get rid of fast-track citizenship – DW – 10/08/2025
Crossing fast-track citizenship off the books was a key migration-related election campaign promise from Chancellor Merz's CDU. Critics argue that this will deter highly qualified immigrants from comi...
www.dw.com
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 3d
Citizenship in the News 📰 🇩🇪

German parliament votes to get rid of fast-track citizenship: Friedrich Merz’s conservatives had pledged to rescind legislation, which allowed citizenship in three years instead of five

🔗 www.dw.com/en/german-pa...
German parliament votes to get rid of fast-track citizenship – DW – 10/08/2025
Crossing fast-track citizenship off the books was a key migration-related election campaign promise from Chancellor Merz's CDU. Critics argue that this will deter highly qualified immigrants from comi...
www.dw.com
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 5d
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 6d
“The ‘lessons of history’ give us every reason to be wary of () this most recent effort to break with our established tradition of recognizing birthright citizenship and to make citizenship depend on the actions of one’s parents rather than () the simple fact of being born in the United States”.
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 6d
Citizenship in the News 🇺🇸📰

Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can’t end birthright citizenship: Adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president’s birthright order.

apnews.com/article/birt...
Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can't end birthright citizenship
A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.
apnews.com
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 6d
Citizenship in the News 🇺🇸📰

Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can’t end birthright citizenship: Adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president’s birthright order.

apnews.com/article/birt...
Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can't end birthright citizenship
A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.
apnews.com
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 9d
Muito bem

www.publico.pt/2025/10/03/i...
Joana Marques absolvida no processo judicial interposto pelos Anjos
A juíza considerou não ser possível distinguir se o que provocou danos foi a polémica do vídeo de Joana Marques ou a própria transmissão original do hino interpretado por Nelson e Sérgio Rosado.
www.publico.pt
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 11d
This will be great - looking forward!

Registered ✔️
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 11d
🚨 Webinar Alert 🚨

Join us for the online launch of the new Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset, the most comprehensive global dataset on migrant suffrage to date 🌐

📅 Oct 15 | 17:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 Register www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 11d
🚨 Webinar Alert 🚨

Join us for the online launch of the new Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset, the most comprehensive global dataset on migrant suffrage to date 🌐

📅 Oct 15 | 17:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 Register www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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Leila Hadj Abdou @leilahadjabdou.bsky.social · 11d
Interested in #migration research policy relations, and the role of evidence in policy making? Join us tomorrow 6 pm CET in person or online. nccr-onthemove.ch/news-events/ #UniversityofNeuchatel #NCCR
News + Events | nccr – on the move
Find the current news and events of nccr - on the move, as well as our newsletters and the archive regrouping past events, to stay informed on migration and mobility research
nccr-onthemove.ch
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 12d
Powerful stuff on an issue that should be unremarkable.

“No one’s freedom of speech is unlimited, of course, but these limits are the same for both citizens and non-citizens alike.”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12d
Judge Young: "This case ... squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally 'yes, they do.' 'No law' means 'no law.'"
This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court –- squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.” “No law” means “no law.” The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction and it is not to be found in our history or jurisprudence. See Section III.A infra. No one’s freedom of speech is unlimited, of course, but these limits are the same for both citizens and non-citizens alike.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12d
Judge Young: "This case ... squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally 'yes, they do.' 'No law' means 'no law.'"
This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court –- squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.” “No law” means “no law.” The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction and it is not to be found in our history or jurisprudence. See Section III.A infra. No one’s freedom of speech is unlimited, of course, but these limits are the same for both citizens and non-citizens alike.
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